kate green·a·way \|kātˈgrēnəˌwā\adjective Usage: usually capitalized K&G Etymology: after Kate (Catherine) Greenaway died 1901 English painter and illustrator of children's books of clothing: having a long full skirt, short waist and sleeves, round neck, and usually a sash and ruffled edges < in her green Kate Greenaway pelisse, with the long band of soft beaver running from neck to hem — Victoria Lincoln >